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Have not seen snooker this century The standard of this final is not on par with stephen hendry finals, although mark williams rubbishes stephen hendry Stephen hendry is the best ever, the finals i have now watched from this century, do not come close to what snooker stephen hendry could play. These players were fortunate stephen hendry lost his drive to be at the top.

Legend ❤

Snooker isn’t the same anymore when you watch this and older matches 😢😔

Ray passed away recently August 2024 R.I.P.

Notice the way it used to be…Straight ties for daytime sessions and Dickie bows for the evening…Whatever happened to that protocol?

Reardon was far and away the superior player of this era. He was miles in front of anyone else.

Just imagine how good he would have been in his 20’s!

He paved the way for Hendry and O'Sullivan

Thank you for sharing this video, it was awesome. RIP Ray Reardon

When andy hicks was good looking. Shows how long ago it was.

“ Higgins sat in a chair, smoking a cigarette and supping a glass of gin” ……Ah well never see days like this again 🙂

He even chucked in a left handed yellow 👍

Both fantastic ambassadors for a brilliant game....Rest in peace gentlemen.... You both helped to truly put snooker 'on the map' 👍🏽👍🏽🎉

A young Len Ganly there as ref

Jimmy before his money and Cocaine blizzard.

Go in any club today and kids are making centuries and 147s. The standard of today is 100 times better than the 70s

Terry having a good pedal in the back row watching this

Steve Davis wasn't hanging about either!

That cue incident around 9:45 to 10:35 is just typical of why people were scared to be around Alex - 'what a rotten cue this is', he snarls, and you think he's using all his knowledge of brinkmanship and gamesmanship, as well as showing a deeply nasty streak...then Steve's taking the cue back, Alex cheekily keeps hold of the extension, 'come get it then!' kind of thing, both share an impish grin and all is well with the world. Maybe he's just in a happy-go-lucky mood after all? And after all, when Alex is like that, there's nobody nicer...

2:19:25 More evidence of Reardon's vampire identity

I think I'm right in saying that this tournament occupied the place in the snooker season that ended up being the British Open, but it was a non ranking tournament at this stage. That itv theme music brings back some memories lol!, not particularly happy ones but it does bring them

Is that Cliff Thorburn or Art Garfunkel on the Rest Of The World team?

Look at the final frame by yourself . Steve clearly let his opponent wins. I have no doubt . The only doubt is why ?

God bless Ray Reardon, one of snooker and Welsh sport's all time greats

Watched this in 82 well bits of it i was 5 years old at the time and from that day it was always jimmy who i liked best and Alex came a close second. When you think at the time jimmy was just still 19 years old such a great player to watch and still going

i practiced with eddie charlton for two years he lived in sheffield he played a lot quicker in practice a great cueist and a true gentleman to go with it rest in peace legend

I believe Steve let Dennis won . No way Steve played so bad in his final few shots. He set the chances for his friend who is going to retire soon after.

Don't put them together 🥷💂‍♀

Oh and 46:35 - there's Alex, fresh from his defeat to Eddie Charlton a few minutes prior in the third-place match, watching on beside the Norwich Union sign...

Thought a bit of context might be interesting, as I've just been reading about the event in the Snooker Scene issue from January 1974; Clive Everton very helpfully always recorded any break over 30 (which it seems he continued doing well into the 2000s in Snooker Scene, even when centuries were commonplace!) and in these earlier issues, even breaks of 20 or above were considered notable. John Spencer, in winning the tournament, made 26 breaks over 30 (his highest 74, in reply to a 49 from Alex Higgins in the final frame of their semi-final). Pulman made only 9 in reaching the final, his best being a 44 (in the first frame of his semi-final v Charlton). Charlton actually outscored Pulman with 12 breaks of 30 or more; Alex made 9 of his own, but was out of sorts that week. Graham Miles made a 68, a 60, a 46, and three in the 30s; Sid Hood, an amateur, had 47, 31, 31, and 30; Ray Edmonds made 44, 38 and 27; David Taylor, the Silver Fox, 40, 39, 33 and 31; John Dunning the veteran Yorkshireman, 44, 38, 31 and 30; Arvind Savur the Indian billiards maestro, 38, 36 and 30; Marcus Owen had 41 and 36; Dennis Taylor only 53 and 47, and Cliff Thorburn a solitary run of 52; Pat Houlihan and Jim Meadowcroft, 37 and 36 respectively; Chris Ross, 34 and 30 - while John Virgo, Jack Karnehm, David Greaves, and Jackie Rea never registered anything above 19.

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This is possibly the best match Davis ever played regards quality , especially as he was playing the next generation (you could even say the next next generation)

They loved their flowers back in the day didn’t they?

This was how the modern game developed. This was the birthplace of it all. Amazing to see

Proper snooker two off the all time greats

When did they stop using the terms "foul stroke" and "x points away"

Hes the GOAT. All of thos Ronny shots fail to comparesment to his brave -precise long pots 👍👍

Both can play snooker in heaven now

Wonderful, thank you. Brilliantly inventive safety shot by Reardon at 10.21 - simple looking but very very clever.

I can’t help it but 😆…. John reminds me of black Adder

Congrats on new wheels. I've got a kawasaki 1000sx myself and love it. Enjoy and stay safe on roads. Go on, give hubby a shot, lol 😂

When a woman hosts a TV sports show for her actual talent rather than just for being a woman to fill some diversity quota, like they do now.

Ray was great a real pro.

I'm interested to know if the pockets were tighter back then? They do look narrowerer

Look at Jimmy White before he discovers Cocaine.

A very young Len Ganley there.

If the Model Y was a three-wheeler (Musk’s next move to claim billions?) you’d say the fourth wheel in the Beemer wasn’t needed???? 😂🤣😂 You didn’t scorn the Model Y’s primitive isofix ‘facility’. That’s a wrestling match for a lifetime with small kids and you know it. You played down the driver-necessities like the stalks, an array of dedicated buttons, the console control panel, the things that for many make a car complete. Safety features such as radar, parking sensors, head up display - did you mention them or downplay them?

Crazy format. Just let them play normally.

Get a glimpse of Joe Davies there at the end of the second frame

(I’m a relatively recent newcomer so be patient) I’m used to “foul and a miss” when the cue ball doesn’t touch a red, and the opponent has the option to make them try again. I noticed this didn’t happen, they only did the foul and the four points. Is this something that has changed between then and now